BS Infra Summit: Need a virtuous cycle of investments, says Gadkari

Financing and technology can overcome execution and road safety challenges to achieve national targets, says Nitin Gadkari

Infrastructure is core to India’s ambition to be a $5-trillion economy, creating jobs, attracting investments and fighting poverty, said Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, at the Business Standard Infrastructure Summit 2025 in New Delhi. “Infrastructure needs a virtuous cycle of investments,” he told Nivedita Mookerji of Business Standard. Edited excerpts: 

I will begin by asking you for your assessment of the infrastructure sector in India. How do you consider it and how can it be made world class? 

Infrastructure is very important for the development of our country. Water, power, transport and communication: these are the main